Hey We're Back! Podcast

Episode 49 "Audio Roulette"

In this episode I try and rely on luck and the enormous audio archive in my home. Sometimes it's the sound effects that win in the end.

Episode 48 "Lucky Me"

This episode is about a guy who has been lucky enough to "succeed" in the restaurant business, in comedy, and to meet the late great Barry White.

Episode 47 "Miss Information 1985"

For most people 411 are numbers. For me, it has become a way of life.

Episode 46 “Telephony”

Phone sex? I like the phone part. My guests are 2 real phone sex operators, Lewis Black, and a partridge in a pear tree.

Episode 45 “The Courage to Fail”

This is an unedited recording of an event that took place in April at the Kelley Writers House at UPenn. There I was enjoying the hospitality of my good friend, Lew Schneider, and my new friend, Mingo Reynolds.

Episode 44 “Assisted Living”

Episode 44 is called “Assisted Living”, but is not as sexy as that sounds. In this episode you’ll hear the voices of David Cross, Bob Odenkirk and Erica Rhodes. I talk about my need for assistance and my need for … Continue reading →

Episode 43 “Unrealistic Expectations”

In Episode 43, I make Andy Kindler an offer he can refuse, and together we discover the amateur inventor that is him.

Episode 42 “The Gifted Child”

In this episode, I talk about three ways in which I consider myself “gifted”: My ability to hear dead people, to write a catchy tune, and to invent the very thing we need to make our lives better. I also … Continue reading →

The Hollywood For Which We Root

Hollywood is known for taking care of their own but they have really gone the extra mile this time.

Episode 41 “Frugal and Friendship”

This episode is called Frugal and Friendship. The first half deals with a really cheap way to make a voice over demo and the second half is road stories with a comic named Mark Schiff. Maybe I should call it … Continue reading →

Epsiode 40 “Friends and Strangers”

In this episode I turn the tables on some guy in tech support, I ask BJ Novak and Todd Barry about geography, we hear comedian Ken Reid, the band Parks, and a lot of really stupid stuff with the audience … Continue reading →

Willa Mamet and Paul Miller

A clip of musical guests Willa Mamet and Paul Miller performing their song Louisiana off their album East Hill Road. http://willamamet.bandcamp.com/album/east-hill-road Also. Here’s a teaser for the upcoming show… Your browser does not support the element.

Hey We’re Back Live:

Special Guest Comedian Jenny Zigrino and Singer/Songwriter Frank Morgan. Frank Morgan, “Solid Ground”

NPR Lite

Episode 39 “Old Habits Die Hard”

I explore how some people use technology to keep other people at a distance. I take a look at the upside and downside of being placed on hold and I also return to my on-again off-again “affair” with phone sex.

Episode 38 “Misplaced Sympathy”

In this episode I am talking to my good friend, comedian Paula Poundstone, and even though I am on the wrong side of this “argument” I can’t seem to stop myself.

Episode 37 “Musical Ambivalence”

I’ve been apologizing for my music for the last twenty years and I’m not planning to stop anytime soon.

The Real Miley Cyrus

My Audio Tweet 2

My audio tweet

Tweeting aloud.

Episode 36 “Pushing Myself”

In this episode I try to live up to three different ways I have challenged myself. One of them includes a massage from comedian David Feldman, a truly gentle man.

“Stranger Than Fiction” Episode 35

In this episode comedian, producer, and writer David Feldman takes a break from comedy. We also get to see a side of David, the loving son, that might surprise you.

“The Quiet Before the Storm” Episode 34

In Episode 34 two women let me down gently and one woman not so gently.

“The Human Spirit” Episode 33

In this episode I pose the question, “What would you do if you got a collect call from the Pope?” I ask whether it’s possible for a man to be too compassionate, and I talk to a woman who is … Continue reading →

“What’s in a name?” Episode 32

In episode 32 I reveal the limitations of the web and look into refinancing our home.

“Talking out of both sides of my couch” Episode 31

in episode 31 I make a live appearance courtesy of Eugene Mirman at the Paradise in Boston, I find myself, Jonathan Katz, in therapy with Dr. Katz and the episode features a special guest, Susie Essman who knows more about … Continue reading →

“a rolling stone…” Episode 30

In this episode I am trying to discover why my band, Katz and Jammers, never got the recognition it deserved. I also share a short clip from a romantic comedy I made (one of several) with the actress Jennifer Aniston.

“Creating Problems I Don’t Really Have.” Episode 29

The long anticipated 29th episode of “Hey We’re Back!” A talk about problems I don’t really have, and how they’re not really solved.

“Then and Way Back Then.” Episode 28

I don’t live in the past, but if you are trying to find me, I don’t recommend the present. In this–my last audio only episode–I return to an old radio show from the ’40s that helped form me as a … Continue reading →

“When bad things happen to good ideas.” Episode 27

“Worst Case Scenario” is an old radio show I loved as a kid. Tom Silver, the host, is interviewing Arthur Köeppler, a leading expert on traffic safety. “Bring Your Cousin To Work Day” is Sid Steiber’s favorite holiday. He loves … Continue reading →